Marine mammals and the Exxon Valdez /

The oil spill disaster that occurred when the Exxon Valdez ran aground has become part of the iconography of ecological disaster. This book synthesizes previously confidential data only recently released by the U.S. government. The data concerns the effects of this nightmarish spill on marine mammal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Otros Autores: Loughlin, Thomas R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, [1994]
Temas:
Exxon Valdez (Ship)
Marine mammals > Effect of oil spills on > Alaska > Prince William Sound.
Oil spills and wildlife > Alaska > Prince William Sound.
Mammif�eres marins > Alaska > Prince-Guillaume, Baie du > Effets des d�eversements de p�etrole sur.
D�eversements de p�etrole et faune > Alaska > Prince-Guillaume, Baie du.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
Marine mammals > Effect of oil spills on
Oil spills and wildlife
Meeress�augetiere
Exxon Valdez
Havarie
Aufsatzsammlung
Mariene ecologie.
Zeedieren.
Aardolie.
Milieurampen.
Mammif�eres marins > Effets des d�eversements de p�etrole.
Pacific Ocean > Prince William Sound
Prince William Sound
Oceans > Mammals > Effects of > Pollution
Alaska
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, 1989-1992 / Byron F. Morris, Thomas R. Loughlin
  • Response activities / Steven T. Zimmerman, Carol S. Gorbics, Lloyd F. Lowry
  • Overview of sea otter studies / Brenda E. Ballachey, James L. Bodkin, Anthony R. DeGange
  • Boat-based population surveys of sea otters in Prince William Sound / Douglas M. Burn
  • Intersection model for estimating sea otter mortality along the Kenai Peninsula / James L. Bodkin, Mark S. Udevitz
  • Impacts on distribution, abundance and productivity of harbor seals / Kathryn J. Frost [and others].
  • Impacts on steller sea lions / Donald G. Calkins [and others]
  • Status of killer whales in Prince William Sound, 1985-1992 / Craig O. Matkin [and others]
  • Assessment of injuries to Prince William Sound killer whales / Marilyn E. Dahlheim, Craig O. Matkin
  • Impacts on humpback whales in Prince William Sound / Olga von Ziegesar, Elizabeth Miller, Marilyn E. Dahlheim
  • Sea otter foraging behavior and hydrocarbon levels in prey / Angela M. Doroff, James L. Bodkin
  • Observations of oiling of harbor seals in Prince William Sound / Lloyd F. Lowry, Kathryn J. Frost, Kenneth W. Pitcher.
  • Health evaluation, rehabilitation and release of oiled harbor seal pups / Terrie M. Williams, George A. Antonelis, Jennifer Balke
  • Effects of masking noise on detection thresholds of killer whales / David E. Bain, Marilyn E. Dahlheim
  • Cetaceans in oil / James T. Harvey, Marilyn E. Dahlheim
  • Pathology of sea otters / Thomas P. Lipscomb [and others]
  • Gross necropsy and histopathological lesions found in harbor seals / Terry R. Spraker, Lloyd F. Lowry, Kathryn J. Frost
  • Hydrocarbon residues in sea otter tissues / Daniel M. Mulcahy, Brenda E. Ballachey.
  • Petroleum hydrocarbons in tissues of harbor seals from Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska / Kathryn J. Frost, Carol-Ann Manen, Terry L. Wade
  • Tissue hydrocarbon levels and the number of cetaceans found dead after the spill / Thomas R. Loughlin
  • Summary and conclusions / David J. St. Aubin, Joseph R. Geraci
  • Sample collection, storage and documentation / Thomas R. Loughlin, Elizabeth H. Sinclair
  • Oil tanker accidents.

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